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El Salvador’s president, Trump’s new deportation partner, has a strange history with Jews and Israel

JL;DR SUMMARY Nayib Bukele, El Salvador's president, is a controversial figure with a complex relationship with Jewish and Israeli issues. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CommunityTrump AdministrationHuman RightsImmigrationChristian ZionismGang ViolencePalestinian HeritageEl SalvadorNayib Bukele

Places mentioned

Maryland, United States
"Yet at the meeting, Trump advisor Stephen Miller, who is Jewish, and Attorney General Pam Bondi both claimed Abrego Garcia was a member of the violent gang MS-13."
Jerusalem, Israel
"his paternal grandfather was born in Jerusalem and his grandmother was from Bethlehem; the two migrated to El Salvador amid a wave of Palestinian immigration to Latin America."
Bethlehem, Central District, Israel
"his paternal grandfather was born in Jerusalem and his grandmother was from Bethlehem; the two migrated to El Salvador amid a wave of Palestinian immigration to Latin America."
San Salvador, El Salvador
"The visit occurred while Bukele was serving as mayor of the capital San Salvador, as part of a delegation of international mayors."

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